F6 front cover June 09 - High School of Dundee

HigherPupils may access Higher History without previously having studied the subject atStandard Grade or Intermediate Level.There are three units in the Higher History course:1 Historical study: Britain 1850s – 1979The creation of a democratic society in Britain, including women’s suffrage.Conflicts created by the great changes of the 20 th century, including theproblem of poverty, the Great Depression and the creation of the WelfareState 1945 – 51.Changing society in Scotland 1880s - 1939: leisure and popular culture2 Historical study: the growth of Nationalism in Germany The reasons for the growth of nationalism in Europe Bismarck and German unification The problems facing the new Germany 1871 - 1914 German foreign policy & the outbreak of World War I The rise of Nazism How the Nazis held on to power in Germany 1933 - 393 Historical special topic: Appeasement and the road to war Fascist ideas and the foreign policies of Germany and Italy from 1933 The effect on Europe of Italy’s aggression in Abyssinia The failure of the League of Nations The consequences of the Hoare-Laval Pact (1935) Attitudes to German re-armament and expansion The Nazi re-occupation of the Rhineland Intervention in the Spanish Civil War The annexation of Austria The crisis in Czechoslovakia The destruction of Czechoslovakia The Polish crisis The outbreak of World War II, September 1939The skills required to pass the internal Unit Assessments will be tested throughoutthe course and in the prelim exam. There will also be an extended essay to beprepared and written on any relevant title of the pupil’s choice before the main diet ofexaminations. This will be worth 20% of the final assessment. Both internal andexternal assessments must be passed to gain an overall award.Form 6 Subject ChoiceMarch 201229